APP Oncology Fellowship Subspecialty Tracks

APP Oncology Fellowship Subspecialty Tracks

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The MSK APP Oncology Fellowship is comprised of nine different subspecialty tracks. The subspecialty in which the APP fellow is enrolled is where their clinical studies will be focused. You may learn more about each of the APP fellowship subspecialty tracks below.

*Of note, this subspecialty track runs for 15 months from July until October.

Critical Care Medicine Subspecialty Track Overview

The Critical Care Medicine subspecialty track is designed to provide comprehensive, multimodality training to prepare APPs for the independent management of critically ill oncology patients. The program consists of a structured educational curriculum created to enhance critical thinking in addition to clinical opportunities to manage a diverse oncology patient population in the critical care environment as well as other services throughout the institution.  
 

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
ICU27 Weeks
ICU Consults4 Weeks
Core RotationsDuration
Cardiology1 Week
Hematology1 Week
Infectious Disease1 Week
Mobile IR1 Week
Neurology/Neuro Advanced Care Unit2 Weeks
Pulmonology1 Week
Renal1 Week
Supportive Care1 Week
Step Down Unit2 Weeks
Elective RotationsDuration
Fellow Choice (Up to 2 Rotations)1-2 Weeks Each (4 Weeks Max.)

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Geriatric Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview

The Geriatric Oncology subspecialty track is designed to promote comprehensive, patient-specific care to older adults with cancer. This includes a strong emphasis on understanding geriatric syndromes, promoting patient autonomy, risk stratification prior to cancer treatment, and safe care transitions. The goal of this comprehensive program is to prepare the APP to deliver efficient, safe, patient-centered, and specialized care to a diverse geriatric patient population as part of a collaborative interdisciplinary healthcare team. This fellowship subspecialty track will highlight the complex needs of older adults with cancer and provide the fellow with a comprehensive outlook on providing patient-centered care. This fellowship subspecialty track aims to prepare APPs to be outstanding clinicians and champions of the care of older adults with cancer.  
 

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Geriatric Oncology Inpatient19 Weeks
Geriatric Oncology Outpatient13 Weeks
Core RotationsDuration
General Internal Medicine2 Weeks
Neurology1 Week
Cardiology1 Week
Pulmonology1 Week
Medical Oncology2 Weeks
Surgical Oncology1 Week
Benign Hematology1 Week
Psychiatry1 Week
Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies1 Week
Supportive Care Services1 Week
Urgent Care Center, Ambulatory Extended Recovery, or Pre-Surgical Testing1 Week
Renal Service1 Week
Elective RotationsDuration
Fellow Choice1 Week

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Hematology/Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview

The Hematology/Oncology subspecialty track is designed to promote comprehensive, patient-specific care for the adult medical oncology population. The fellow will train in medical oncology practices through an educational framework and will learn to manage complex patients with various hematologic malignancies. The goal of this fellowship subspecialty track is to provide comprehensive training throughout various malignant hematology/oncology practices and the associated interdisciplinary teams to build an APP competent in this area of specialty.  
 

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Leukemia Inpatient/Outpatient6 Weeks
Myeloma Inpatient/Outpatient6 Weeks
Lymphoma Inpatient/Outpatient6 Weeks
Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies Inpatient/Outpatient6 Weeks
Core RotationsDuration
Procedure Clinic4 Weeks
Radiation Oncology2 Weeks
Pathology1 Week
Benign Hematology Inpatient/Outpatient1 Week
Fertility Preservation1 Week
Survivorship1 Week
Elective/Area of SpecializationDuration
Fellow Choice8 Weeks

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Hospice and Palliative Care Subspecialty Track Overview

The Hospice and Palliative Care subspecialty track is designed to equip qualified, committed, creative, and caring APPs with the clinical and academic expertise to become future leaders in palliative and supportive care. Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in this program work with members of the Supportive Care Service and train side by side with physician fellows. The interprofessional approach of the twin fellowship programs, in which NPs, PAs, and doctors train side by side in a world-renowned cancer center, ensures that graduates are uniquely prepared for collaborative care and team science. Upon completion of a fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NPs and PAs are prepared for independent practice and continued professional advancement in the palliative care subspecialty.

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Supportive Care Inpatient Orientation4-5 Weeks
Supportive Care Inpatient Consult Service Independent Patient Management24 Weeks (Divided between 4 disease cohorts)
Core RotationsDuration
Inpatient Hospice4 Weeks
Geriatric Oncology1 Week
Inpatient Solid Tumor Oncology1 Week
VNS Home Hospice2 Weeks
Outpatient Supportive Care Clinic1 Afternoon per Week
Elective RotationsDuration
Fellow Choice7-8 Weeks
Research Elective1-2 Weeks

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Neurology/Neurosurgery Subspecialty Track Overview

The Neurology/Neurosurgery subspecialty track is designed to promote practice transition and professional development for APPs serving the Neurology/Neurosurgery oncology patient population as part of a collaborative interdisciplinary healthcare team. This fellowship experience provides comprehensive and formalized training to the APP through a structured educational framework of didactic and “hands-on” experiences. With the support and guidance of an experienced leadership team, the APP fellow will develop their critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills to prepare them for independent practice as a proficient clinician in the highly specialized field of Neuro-Oncology.  
 

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Neurology Inpatient6 Weeks
Neurology Consult6 Weeks
Neurosurgery Inpatient6 Weeks
Neurology/Neuro-Oncology Outpatient Clinic8 Weeks
Neuro Acute Care Unit6 Weeks
Core RotationsDuration
Neurosurgery Outpatient2 Weeks
Neuroradiology2 Weeks
Radiation Oncology2 Weeks
Elective RotationsDuration
Fellow Choice8 Weeks

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview

The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology subspecialty track is designed to provide comprehensive training with the goal of developing well-prepared Pediatric Hematology/Oncology APPs. Fellows are supported by a structured educational framework combining didactic and experiential learning to promote and advance their critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills, enabling them to provide safe, efficient, patient-centered, and specialized care to a diverse pediatric hematology/oncology patient population.  
 

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Pediatric Sarcoma Outpatient3 Weeks
Pediatric Neuroblastoma Outpatient3 Weeks
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Outpatient3 Weeks
Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies Outpatient3 Weeks
Pediatric Surgery Outpatient2 Weeks
Pediatric Surgery Inpatient2 Weeks
Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Outpatient2 Weeks
Pediatric Stem Call Transplant and Cellular Therapies Inpatient4 Weeks
Pediatric Critical Care6 Weeks
Core RotationsDuration
Pediatric Long Term Follow Up1 Week
Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care2 Weeks
Elective RotationsDuration
Fellow Choice1 Week
Area of SpecializationDuration
Fellow Choice18 Weeks

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Psycho-Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview

The Psycho-Oncology subspecialty track prepares APPs to deliver thorough and specialized patient-centered care for adult psycho-oncology patients. This includes a strong focus on understanding psychiatric symptoms, adverse effects from cancer medications, behavioral emergencies, consultation-liaison psychiatry, and the interdisciplinary field of psycho-oncology. This fellowship subspecialty track highlights complex psychiatric cases in the inpatient and outpatient population, with a wide range of clinical experiences. APP fellows in the psycho-oncology track work with members of the psychiatry service and have didactic experiences alongside other APP and physician fellows. In addition, APP fellows are exposed to a variety of related specialties to allow for collaborative critical thinking. This fellowship subspecialty track provides APP fellows the opportunity to grow to be exceptional clinicians, develop academic expertise, and become future leaders in the field.

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Blended Inpatient Clinical Psychiatry and Outpatient Psychiatry (Outpatient beginning after first 4 months)43 Weeks
Core RotationsDuration
Supportive Care2 Weeks
Geriatric Oncology2 Weeks
Palliative Care/Hospice VNSNY3 Weeks

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Solid Tumor Medical Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview

The Solid Tumor Medical Oncology subspecialty track is designed to promote comprehensive, patient-specific care for the adult medical oncology population. The fellow will train in medical oncology practices through an educational framework and will learn to manage complex medical oncology patients. The goal of this subspecialty track is to provide comprehensive training throughout the various medical oncology practices and the associated interdisciplinary teams to build an APP competent in this subspecialty.

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Gynecological Medicine4 Weeks
Breast Medicine4 Weeks
Lung Medicine4 Weeks
Genitourinary Medicine4 Weeks
Gastrointestinal Medicine3 Weeks
Head/Neck and Melanoma Medicine2 Weeks
Neuro-Oncology2 Weeks
Radiation Oncology2 Weeks
Core RotationsDuration
Supportive Care1 Week
Urgent Care Center/Clinical Decisions Unit1 Week
Rapid Response Team/ICU Consult1 Week
Phase I Early Drug Development1 Week
Nocturnal Rotation4 Weeks
Elective Rotations (Fellow Chooses 3)Duration (2 Weeks Each/6 Weeks Total)
Malignant Hematology/BMT 
Benign Hematology 
Infectious Disease 
Renal 
Endocrine 
IR/Mobile IR 
Psychiatry 
Survivorship 
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 
Pulmonary 
Elective/Area of Specialization (Fellow Choice)Duration (6 Weeks)
Women’s Health 
Men’s Health 
Lung 
Head/Neck and Melanoma Medicine 
Radiation Oncology 
Gastrointestinal Malignancy 

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Surgical Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview

The Surgical Oncology subspecialty track is designed to give the APP the opportunity to rotate through various surgical specialties. The core rotations will heavily focus on time in the operating room and the development of surgical skills. There will also be exposure to the outpatient surgical clinics and some inpatient floor work on surgical services to provide a comprehensive learning experience centered on providing care to patients with cancer who require surgical intervention.  
 

Clinical Rotations 
Core CurriculumDuration
Orientation1 Week
Head and Neck Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center)4 Weeks
Head and Heck Surgery (Main Campus)4 Weeks
Plastic Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center)4 Weeks
Plastic Surgery (Main Campus)4 Weeks
Breast Surgery8 Weeks
Genitourinary Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center)4 Weeks
Genitourinary Surgery (Main Campus)4 Weeks
Gynecological Surgery (Main Campus)4 Weeks
Gynecological Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center)4 Weeks
Robotic Surgery (Main Campus)4 Weeks
Elective/Area of SpecializationDuration
Fellow Choice7 Weeks

Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with First Assist Certification
  • Family Nurse Practitioner with First Assist Certification
  • Physician Assistant